George Libman Engel, M.D., (December 10, 1913 – November 26, 1999) was an American Internist who, along with his colleague John Romano, was instrumental in developing and teaching psychosomatic medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. He was Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He is best known for his formulation of the biopsychosocial model, a general theory of illness and healing.
